Staff organization and training is essential for the production of superior college publications. The editor must be a leader with a vision and a propensity for hard work. The editor should be willing to take a firm, sometimes unpopular, stand to advance in the direction he or she wants to go. Once the editor has been chosen, the following things…

"Understanding Film," the opening section of this book, discusses perceptions of and responses to film and the way in which experiences with and knowledge of other media affect film viewing. The second section, "Film Elements," analyzes the basic elements of film: the use of space and time, the impact of editing, sound and color, and the effects…

Written for students and faculty advisors who are involved in producing the school yearbook, this book discusses and illustrates the contents of a well-made yearbook. The function of the yearbook is examined in chapter one, and suggestions are made for arranging the yearbook according to the basic theme. Chapter two discusses coypwriting for the…

The purpose of a five-week pilot project in composition at a Manhattan inner city high school were to test a methodology for teaching the nonnarrative essay and to determine if students could provide informed editorial guidance to other students in regular peer criticism sessions. The assumptions underlying the approach are that the central…

Designed for the aspiring journalist and the professional editor, this revised second edition serves as a standard reference work as well as an ideal means of keeping abreast of new trends and developments in the editing of small magazines. It describes the latest technological developments in type-setting and production; discusses and evaluates…

"Pioneer Spirit 76," an original bicentennial anthology from the Smoky Mountains region, was begun to gain in-depth editing and publishing experience and to test the feasibility of having journalism students produce a publication for a market beyond campus. This report traces the development of this book in magazine format, offers a…

The purpose of this handbook is to help the high school newspaper advisor define his role, learn how to function as an effective advisor, and become a resource person for the student newspaper staff. The booklet examines the purposes of the student newspaper, discusses the relationship of the advisor and the administration, explains how to…

This book explores the effect of the mass media on individual and social consciousness and discusses how the present conflicts evident in the media reflect new values needed for the future. The opening chapters deal with the amount and kind of information emanating from the mass media ("The World Ends Tommorrow, Details After This Message"), the…

This document is a preliminary study of the listings of a wide variety of regional/split-run editorial practices of major American periodicals. Publications chosen for the study were selected from the tenth edition of "Magazine Regional and Split-Run Advertising," published by the Magazine Advertising Bureau of the Magazine Publishers Association.…

Urges teachers of technical writing and graduate students in English to get off campus and engage in giving businesses advice intended to solve problems in technical communication, editing technical communication publications, and researching and writing such publications. (GW)

Incorporates writing a journal article into a business report writing course as a coassignment to the analytical report. Argues that the business article lends "real-life" relevance to the report assignment and allows students to make double use of their reports' research, findings, and analyses. (MS)

Suggests that editing courses serve a campus-wide need for fostering better student-writers, and that editing skills provide non-English majors workaday and executive-level writing habits for jobs in commerce, industry, and the professions. Asserts that English departments should also develop internship programs for student editors. (MM)

One approach for encouraging students to develop their sense of audience is for them to record an interview, transcribe it, and then edit the written form for different audiences and rhetorical purposes. (HOD)

Discusses the design and several applications of the computer program, BIBLIO-File. Designed primarily for interactive bibliographic instruction and research, this program allows users to enter, sort, index, search, and print annotated bibliographic information. (MBR)

Machine translation has been criticized for its inability to provide language style, but for specialized or technical texts, of which there are increasing numbers, machine translation with its obligatory post-editing may be effective, and the "style" of these translations may be a reflection of the error patterns caught in post-editing. (MSE)